Happy New Year!

Wishing you health, wealth (why not?), peace and…yes, happiness to you and yours for 2018.

And with that, a happy return of our 20 List: 20 Happy Songs You Ought to Know. And if you only have time for one, listen to the last one.

Happy — Pharrell Williams

Happy — Bruce Springsteen

Happy — John Fullbright

Happy — Rolling Stones

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) — John Lennon, Yoko Ono

Happy New Year — ABBA

Happy Birthday to You – (disputed) Minions

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen — Neil Sedaka

Happy to Be With You — Johnny Cash

I’m Happy Just to Dance With You — The Beatles

Happy Together — the Turtles

Don’t Worry, Be Happy — Bobby McFerrin

You’ve Made Me So Very Happy — Blood, Sweat & Tears

My Happiness — Connie Francis (& Elvis Presley)

Happier — Ed Sheeran

Happiness Is a Warm Gun – the Beatles

If You Wanna Be Happy — Jimmy Soul

Love and Happiness — Al Green

Shiny Happy People — R.E.M.

Oh Happy Day — Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) — Ray Charles , & Aretha/Mavis